Includes early writings and drafts of published and unpublished material; extensive research; personal and business correspondence; and other material related to The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese; Casting the Angel (play); Flashing Yellow; Shinny's Girls and Other Stories; Centre/Center; Suburbs of the Arctic Circle; an unpublished book on the Yukon; radio plays; editorial work and journalism for various newspapers in British Columbia, the Yukon Territory and elsewhere; personal and business photographs, negatives and slides; freelance business research and writing for various companies; National Film Board and other film project material; material related to her editorial, research and consulting company, M. Burns and Associates; Chair, Creative Writing Department and writing course instructor at Douglas College; and other material related to her life and work Extent: 47 boxes (8.25 metres) Gift of Mary Burns 2006 Mary Burns was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago, emigrated to Canada in 1970, and now lives in Gibson's Landing, British Columbia. She has worked as a newspaper editor in northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory before moving to Vancouver with her daughters in 1977. A former journalist and documentary film researcher/writer/director, she is now Chair of the Creative Writing Department at Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, where she has taught fiction, play writing and personal narrative courses since 1989. Her stories have been published in a variety of literary magazines and broadcast on CBC and BBC Radio 3 Scotland. Suburbs of the Arctic Circle won the 1986 Writer's Choice Award The Private Eye: Observing Snowgeese was short-listed for the Science in Society Book Award. Books include: Flashing Yellow, Turnstone Press, 2001 The Private Eye: Observing Snowgeese. Vancouver: University of B.C. Press, 1996. Center/Centre. Burnaby, B.C.: Talon Books, 1992. Take Five: The Morningside Dramas, "A Yukon Quintette." Winnipeg: Blizzard Publishing Inc., 1991. Shinny's Girls. Burnaby, B.C.: Talon Books, 1989. Suburbs of the Arctic Circle. Ottawa: Penumbra Press, 1986. From websites of Writer s Union of Canada, http://www.writersunion.ca/b/burns_m.htmand Playwrights Theatre Centre, http://playwrightstheatre.com/search.php?action=memresults&l=48 1
Box 1 28 folders Folders 1-5 Folders 6-17 Folders 18-28 Box 2 30 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folders 4-14 Folders 15-25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Flashing Yellow drafts Flashing Yellow Copy of word processed draft variously paged 1999 Flashing Yellow Word processed draft Flashing Yellow Word processed draft with holograph revisions Flashing Yellow The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Flashing Yellow Word processed draft with holograph revisions Flashing Yellow Holograph and about Shinny s Girls and Other Stories Contract with Talon Books, May 31, 1989 The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Copy 1, Reader A Word processed with editorial revisions The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Copy 2, Reader B Word processed with editorial revisions The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese As of February 26, 1996, computer disc The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Correspondence and reader s reports The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Colour slides 2
Folder 29 The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Holograph notes on reader s comments Folder 30 Box 3 42 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Print and miscellaneous about snow geese Flashing Yellow manuscript and notes Finished manuscripts Experiment in Aloneness typescript draft Do You Believe in Magic? typescript draft Be Sure Its Not Hormones typescript draft Sea Escape typescript draft Consolation Prize typescript draft Praise for the Sane typescript draft Cynthia typescript draft Perri and the Mammoth Moth typescript draft Bushed typescript draft Other Than Organizational typescript draft While the Boys Were Away typescript draft Rain Dance typescript draft 3
3 Rejection slip, ANS 4 5 Folders 16-32 Folders 33-36 Folders 37-42 Box 4 40 folders Folders 1-10 1 Folders 12-26 Folders 27-33 Folder 34 Flashing Yellow Editorial correspondence TLS October 17, 19[9?] Flashing Yellow Copy-edited draft not in order Flashing Yellow Copy-edited draft in order Flashing Yellow Draft and notes Flashing Yellow Draft and notes (word processed with holograph revisions) Yukon book drafts early work ideas and unfinished story fragments stories Yukon book working draft Photos of the North 12 black and white Miscellaneous early work Ideas and unfinished story fragments Here You Are (Notes on How It Happened) Folder 35 Family tries through January 18-23 Folder 36 From Ireland to America to Canada Three Women Folder 37 Another Hockey Night in Canada 1979 Folder 38 Links January 1979 Folder 39 To Whom It May Concern 4
Folder 40 Box 5 40 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Lady of the Ocean Short stories (typescripts and copies of typescripts) Shinny s Girls and other stories Melody Delicate, Delicate Lady of the Ocean A Hundred Years Ago Folder 5 The Absolute Truth, March 1, 1978 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 Untitled short story Melody draft The Ethics of Adultery Scenario II Another Old Man Crossing 2 The Ethics of Adultery January 9, 1976 Folders 13-14 5 6 7 8 Melody A Joint Communique Regarding the Case of Daisy Brown drafts Greta How It Happened The Men on My Window 9 After Hours began September 22, 1978, finished August 18, 1981 5
Folder 20 You Can t Stand Alone play Folder 21 Folder 22 About writing drama for radio CBC Short writings Folder 23 Short story draft 1979 Folder 24 Folders 25-29 Folder 30 Folders 31-37 Folders 38-40 Box 6 28 folders Folders 1-2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folders 6-9 0 1 2 Short story holograph notes International Relations partial drafts House of Worship draft Shinny s Girls partial draft with heavy revision Shinny s Girls partial holograph draft Holograph notebooks Drafts M. Burns and Associates correspondence, 1979 Collected Bear Stories Holograph notebooks Short stories partial drafts M. Burns and Associates Ltd., Editorial Consultants, 1979, correspondence and notes Centenary of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1975 print Scattered Ideas and Thoughts Dried leaves Partial holograph notes Collected Bear Stories fragments and drafts, 1976-77 6
3 Boy on a Broom draft 4 5 6 7 Folders 18-19 Folder 20 Folders 21-26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Box 7 8 folders Folders 1-3 Folder 4 Folders 5-6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Box 8 29 folders Folders 2-4 Counterpoint Various holograph pages Sugars and Artificial Sweeteners draft Holograph notes and partial story drafts Monuments partial draft Story fragment holograph The Norman Fisher Memorial Ski Race various drafts Monuments partial drafts Story fragments Snow Goose raw material Short stories Print and clippings The Norman Fisher Memorial Ski Race Migration Routes of Wrangel Island Snow Geese map Newspaper clippings Collected Bear Stories Deirdre s Story The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Correspondence, notes and drafts Snow Goose reader correspondence including Robert Bateman, 1996-97 Snow Goose correspondence re: editing, publishing and promotion 1996 7
Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folders 9-15 6 7 8 Snow Goose correspondence re: editing, publishing and promotion 1996, including colour slides Marsh Notes Fall 1996 and 1 large colour photograph of Snow Goose Snow Goose reviews and print UBC Press editorial correspondence TLS June 5, 1996 The Private Eye copy-edit The Private Eye miscellaneous notes The Private Eye research correspondence, 1994-1995 The Private Eye research correspondence, 1993, 1995 9 Various correspondence 1996 Folders 20-21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 The Private Eye partial proofs The Private Eye, partial draft, word processed with holograph revisions The Private Eye research Population Structure of the Lesser Snow Geese of Wrangel Island, Russia Holograph notes La Perouse Bay Research Station research The Private Eye permissions, including computer disc The Private Eye images 8
Folder 29 Snow Goose images Box 9 23 folders Folders 1-9 0 1 2 Folders 13-15 6 7 8 9 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folders 22-23 Box 10 20 folders Folders 2-3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Snow Goose and environmental research Snow Goose research Harvesting the Fraser: An Early History of Delta Delta, [B.C.] Museum and Archives Map of Delta, B.C. Robert Bateman interview transcript, 7/15/94 Print Miscellaneous holograph notes Newspaper clippings 3 colour photos, 2 colour negatives Robert 1 colour Polaroid Research including correspondence Holograph notes Environmental research Snow Goose research and notes Observations of Snow Geese holograph notes Snow Geese research Research-related correspondence from Mary Burns All About Geese 9
Folder 6 The Private Eye Chapter 1 research Folders 7-8 The Private Eye Chapter 9 research and notes Folder 9 The Private Eye Chapters 10-12 research and notes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Skagit notes and research Snow Goose book notes and research Snow Goose book word processed notes Snow Goose book plan Clippings and print ephemera Snow Goose book holograph notes Scientists word processed notes Snow Goose holograph notes Vision/Observation/Perception Re: birds Folder 20 Holograph diary re: birds, 1994-1995 Contains feathers between pages, open with care Box 11 34 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Short stories, newspaper pieces, poem fragments and Yukon film proposals Ideas story typescript and holograph, 1972-1973 Perri and the Mammoth Moth short story (copy) Perri and the Mammoth Moth Typescript with holograph revisions Perri and the Mammoth Moth typescript 10
draft Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Folder 20 King of the Sky (copy) King of the Sky typescript with holograph revisions King of the Sky partial typescript draft King of the Sky and The Moose That Preferred Captivity partial drafts King of the Sky typescript draft with holograph revisions Watercolour illustration of golden eagle Expatriates at Home with Canadian Adventure, 1 black and white photograph A Struggle for Self-Government in Canada s North, 1 black and white photograph Piece by Mary Burns in The Herald, Terrace-Kitimat, B.C., October 22, 1971 Holograph notes Typescript letter re: writing to Garth Chapter 1 part 2 typescript draft with holograph revisions Chapter 1 typescript draft Chapter 1, part 3 typescript draft with holograph revisions Chapter 2, part III typescript draft with holograph revisions Chapter 3 typescript draft with holograph revisions 11
Folder 21 Teletype news item on pipeline in Arctic Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Box 12 37 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 TLS February 26, 1976, re: Spanish in Vancouver Holograph notes Chapter 2, part IV typescript draft with holograph revisions Holograph notes Holograph and typescript poem fragments, 1975-1976 Forget Discrimination and Find Happiness on a Small Town Newspaper, Yukon News, December 15, 1974 Typescript notes on leaving the Yukon Print ephemera, Julia Child Ireland print travel ephemera Canada, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom print travel ephemera Introduction to Yukon film proposals Yukon film proposals Holograph notes re: films North stories various writings North Stories The Whales typescript draft with holograph revisions Suburbs of the Arctic Circle typescript Monuments copy of typescript North Stories holograph notes re: 12
progress Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folders 10-11 2 3 Collected Bear Stories copy of typescript Greta published in The Northward Journal, Arctic Issue, October 1981 A Joint Communique broadcast on CBC Radio, March 1981 How It Happened to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, February 1983 Suburbs of the Arctic Circle typescript draft with holograph revisions Suburbs of the Arctic Circle copy of typescript A Joint Communique broadcast on CBC Radio, March 1981 Greta published in The Northward Journal, October 1981 4 Another Old Man used 14/4/77 typescript 5 6 7 8 9 Folder 20 Folder 21 The Whales typescript with holograph revisions The Whales copy of typescript The Men on My Window copy of published version Re: Dr. Aaro E. Aho Monuments typescript draft with holograph revisions Collected Bear Stories typescript Counterpoint typescript 13
Folder 22 The Whales typescript with holograph revisions Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folders 27-29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Box 13 42 folders Folders 2-3 Folder 4 Suburbs of the Arctic Circle partial typescript Bear stories fragments Suburbs of the Arctic Circle partial typescript draft with holograph revisions Another Old Man typescript Holograph fragments poetry and prose Sarah and the Blue Dragon by Maryanne Burns Basham typescript Special Vietnam Film List print Various writings holograph and typescript Suburbs of the Arctic Circle partial draft Ski Race partial draft How It Happened typescript Pencil sketches Ideas for N. 75-76 holograph and typescript notes N.W./Coast short stories Class evaluations for Writing Short Stories course, April 7 to June 4, 1998, Simon Fraser University N.W./Coast stories typescript and holograph N.W./Coast stories Daughters 14
typescript Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 N.W./Coast stories Immediate Family rough revision copy N.W./Coast stories An Exhaltation of Larks typescript N.W./Coast stories Nights N.W./Coast stories In Flight typescript with holograph revisions N.W./Coast stories The Caretakers typescript with holograph revisions N.W./Coast stories Lao-Tzu s Pussy Willows, 3/11/88, typescript with holograph revisions Holograph notes Two Ferries North copy of typescript In the Woods typescript Helga partial draft typescript and word processed Spring in Alaska copy of typescript The Fragile Light typescript Landings typescript and holograph 8 In The Woods draft 1, June 1988 9 Folder 20 Folder 21 Two Ferries North typescript draft with holograph revisions In Flight August 28, typescript draft with holograph revisions Two Ferries North final draft typed, September 9, 1988 15
Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Untitled story draft 2, 8/88, typescript draft with holograph revisions Five typescript Spring in Alaska typescript draft with holograph revisions Word D 1 page typescript The Aleutians typescript draft Miracle for Technology in Society issue Two Ferries North typescript The Annex typescript The Annex typescript and holograph draft Five copy of typescript Saturday Night at the Movies typescript Chopping Onions typescript Romance for BBC 3 Radio Drama, Edinburgh. Read by Diana Olsson The Caretakers copy of typescript Edna s Story copy of typescript The Habit of Loving original typescript, returned from BBC, June 1987, broadcast in 1986 A Trip Somewhere typescript The Star and The Scorpion typescript Links typescript with holograph revisions 16
Folder 41 Twenty-Four Hours Before the Wedding copy of typescript with holograph revisions Folder 42 Box 14 27 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bless Me Father typescript with holograph revisions Writing Published stories Unpublished stories and drafts Holograph notes and other material on writing Newspaper clippings and print ephemera American Thanksgiving copy of typescript Delicate, Delicate typescript Set Piece typescript Melody typescript A Hundred Years Ago typescript Delicate, Delicate draft The Fragile Light typescript draft Immediate Family copy of typescript The Absolute Truth typescript The Ethics of Adultery typescript How Can He Know Happiness When He Doesn t Know Sorrow? typescript Storm s Coming! typescript with holograph revisions Crossing typescript King of the Sky typescript 17
7 8 9 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Box 15 31 folders Folders 1-5 Folder 6 Folders 7-9 Folders 10-13 The Spirit of the Marsh by Mary Burns, illustrated by Pat Burns, copy of manuscript Published stories Lady of the Ocean copy Published stories Greta copy Published stories Gayla Stairs longer typescript version Published stories Gayla Stairs shorter typescript version Published stories Lady of the Ocean, published in Event, Fantasy issue, 1980 Published stories Links copy of typescript Personal photographs, 5 colour and 1 black and white 9 colour negatives 16 colour negatives 18 colour negatives Casting the Angel (play) Yukon the Big Gamble Chiselling the Angel (early title of Casting the Angel), March 1, 2004, word processed draft with some holograph notes Casting the Angel, notes and about Casting the Angel, word processed drafts and holograph notes, May 1, 2004 Casting the Angel, June 14, 2005, word processed draft and notes 18
Folders 14-16 Casting the Angel, November 11, 2005, word processed draft and holograph notes Folders 17-21 Folder 22 Yukon- the Big Gamble, copy of typescript draft, variously paged Research and notes for Yukon- the Big Gamble Folder 23 Cyprus Anvil Mining annual reports, 1975-1976 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 About Cyprus Anvil Mining 6 large black and white photos, Yukon 7 black and white photos of Yukon mining, Vancouver Public Library with typescript list 6 black and white and 1 colour photograph, Yukon Folder 28 Dr. Aaro Aho and Cyprus Anvil Mining Yukon, 10 black and white photographs Folder 29 Dr. Aaro Aho and Cyprus Anvil Mining Yukon- 10 black and white photographs Folder 30 Dr. Aaro Aho and Cyprus Anvil Mining Yukon 10 black and white photographs including Pierre Trudeau Folder 31 Dr. Aaro Aho and Cyprus Anvil Mining Yukon 13 black and white photographs Box 16 30 folders Folder 2 American Thanksgiving drafts Centre/Center drafts and notes American Thanksgiving copy of partial word processed draft American Thanksgiving holograph draft 19
Folders 3-4 Various holograph notes Folder 5 Folders 6-8 Folder 9 Folders 10-15 6 7 Folders 18-21 Folders 22-30 Box 17 33 folders Folders 1-17 Folders 18-20 Folders 21-32 Folder 33 Box 18 21 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Centre/Center partial draft (copy of typescript) Centre/Center holograph notes Print research for Centre/Center Centre/Center typescript draft with holograph revisions Centre/Center copy of typescript draft Centre/Center typescript draft with some holograph revision (copy with holograph pencil) Centre/Center, copy of typescript draft Centre/Center typescript draft Centre/Center drafts 1990 American Thanksgiving drafts Centre/Center June 30, 1990 typescript draft American Thanksgiving partial typescript draft American Thanksgiving typescript draft American Thanksgiving partial typescript draft with holograph revisions Flashing Yellow drafts and notes Flashing Yellow holograph and word processed drafts and notes Flashing Yellow notes and partial draft Milan background research 20
Folder 4 Folder 5 Folders 6-20 Folder 21 Box 19 27 folders Folders 1-3 Folder 4 Folders 5-7 Folders 8-9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Opera background research Flashing Yellow partial word processed draft Flashing Yellow word processed with holograph revisions (partial draft) Print research Yukon book background Yukon piece typescript draft with holograph revisions Special Joint Committee on Immigration Policy print Yukon Christmas, holograph and typescript draft Yukon material Yukon book, partial draft Explorations Program assistance application Yukon book A Northern Canadian Mining Town first draft, typescript with holograph revisions Yukon book Thoughts to Myself About Canada typescript Yukon book typescript draft Re: Yukon book Re: Yukon book, immigration/population Re: Yukon book 21
8 Gold mining notes and research 9 Folders 20-21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Gold mining notes Gold mining notes and research Gold mining clippings A Brief History of Placer Mining in the Yukon G. W. Gilbert Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981 Re: Yukon book background research British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Annual Report, 1978 Folder 26 Yukon book background research interviews and other Folder 27 Box 20 23 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folders 4-5 Folders 6-7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 Whitehorse History Doug Sack, holograph manuscript Yukon book Yukon book, holograph notepad Yukon book notes and research Yukon book, holograph notebook Yukon book introduction, typescript with holograph revisions Yukon the Big Gamble, typescript with holograph revisions Yukon book Aho-Kulan, Game of Games typescript with holograph revisions Yukon book Dynasty Print re: Yukon 22
1 Folders 12-14 Folders 15-16 Folders 17-18 Folders 19-20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Box 21 25 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Leisure Guide to Whitehorse, July- August 1972, print with photographs by Mary Burns Yukon book re: Kulan/Aho mining executives Yukon book notes and research Wind River Road notes and research Yukon book Kulan/Aho mining executives Ronald V. Markham print, about Yukon book print and partial draft Yukon book Land background Unpublished children s stories stories for revision The Princess of L-Bow-Land, word processed draft of children s story The Wonderful Rosewood House word processed draft of children s story The Wonderful Rosewood House children s story, typescript draft with holograph revisions The Wonderful Rosewood House children s story, typescript and holograph draft The Wonderful Rosewood House children s story, partial typescript draft with holograph revisions The Spirit of the Marsh children s story, typescript draft with holograph revisions 23
Folder 7 For revision Rivers Out of Asia word processed draft Folder 8 Folder 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For revision The Whales 1 st try, May 10, 1976, typescript draft with holograph revisions For revision Set Piece typescript draft with holograph revision For revision Noncompetitive Sports typescript and holograph draft For revision The Middle East typescript draft with holograph revision For revision The Genius word processed For revision The Genius typescript draft with holograph revision For revision The Absolute Truth word processed For revision Bless Me Father word processed draft For revision Another Hockey Night in Canada word processed For revision Charging It typescript draft with holograph revision For revision Daughters typescript draft with holograph revision For revision A Place to Live typescript draft with holograph revision and holograph pages Folder 20 For revision A Place to Live, February 1, 1979, typescript draft with holograph revision Folder 21 A Place to Live holograph notes 24
Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Box 22 26 folders Folder 2 Folders 3-26 Box 23 19 folders Folder 2 Folders 3-4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 For revision A Ride to the Country typescript drafts and holograph notes For revision Details typescript draft with holograph revision For revision Her Paranoid Period, March 5, 1979, typescript draft with holograph revision and holograph notes For revision Cherry Picking typescript draft with holograph notes The Island at the Mouth of the River unpublished novel drafts The Island at the Mouth of the River partial copy of word processed text The Island at the Mouth of the River partial draft, word processed with holograph revision The Island at the Mouth of the River word processed draft with holograph revision Freelance work teaching Yukon book Land notes and research Yukon book Land holograph notes Yukon book Hotels notes and research Writing Short Stories and teaching Foster Parents Plan letters and photos A Tramp at the Door copy of typescript screenplay by Allan Kroeker Writing Radio Drama about 25
Folder 9 Folders 10-12 3 4 5 6 Folders 17-18 9 Box 24 20 folders Folder 2 Folders 3-4 Folders 5-7 Folder 8 Folder 9 0 Folders 11-15 Folders 16-19 Folder 20 Re: students work Teaching notes and course material B.C./Newfoundland writer s events About Northeast Coal and film Megadream, directed by Mary Burns Re: Megadream film The Prodigal screenplay by Allan Kroeker Film projects Mexico travel ephemera Freelance work: research and writing, film projects for National Film Board Notes for freelance projects Peter Steele correspondence and short pieces with Mary Burns edit False Creek Housing Co-op about Freelance work-related and resumes Douglas College - teaching Radio Dramas Debts short story draft Film proposals National Film Board proposals Correspondence with T.C. Tommy Douglas re: film, 1 TLS June 13, 1979; copy of TLS May 24, 1979, and other filmrelated correspondence 26
Box 25 20 folders Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folders 5-6 Folders 7-10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Folders 19-20 Box 26 12 folders Various writing, including some juvenilia Print ephemera A Collection of Prose and Poetry copyright December 1959 by Mary Ann Burns holograph notebook American Thanksgiving typescript short story Fort St. James British Columbia Communities Project Various holograph and typescript writing (including some children s drawing) Centre/Center, holograph draft Negatives mining and mining executives (Aho) Print Yukon book print Print ephemera Print re: Joliet, Illinois They Died on Bloody Sunday, inscribed copy by Kevin J. Browne Snow Goose text, research files, University of British Columbia correspondence on computer disc Holograph notes Film proposals Old work samples Suburbs of the Arctic Circle Re: sale of Vancouver house 27
Old work samples Folders 1-3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folders 6-11 2 Suburbs of the Arctic Circle, revised draft, June 12 Re: False Creek Housing Co-op Re: sale of Vancouver house Print old work samples Work-related print Correspondence Box 27 9 folders Personal correspondence, 1970s, bulk 1975-1976 From Pete Smith, 1975-1976 1 black and white photograph Folders 2-9 Box 28 17 folders Folders 2-5 Personal correspondence 1970s, 1 colour photograph Personal correspondence, 1968-1993, bulk 1976 Otto Larsen Pieper family Kim and Lyn Burns family Otto Larsen correspondence (friends in Norway), 1980s-1990s Pieper family, 1980s-1990s Folder 6 From Kim and Lyn, 1968-1993 Folders 7-17 Burns family, circa 1976 1 colour slide Box 29 17 folders Family correspondence, early 1970s-1986 Folders 1-2 Family correspondence, early 1970s-1976 28
Folders 3-8 Correspondence, Mom and family, 1977-1982 Folders 9-17 Family correspondence, 1983-1986 Box 30 19 folders Correspondence: Family, 1983-1986 Margaret Hollingsworth (playwright and friend) Aunt Vi Nadine Asante Roy Brown negatives Family correspondence, 1983-1986 1 colour photograph Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 24 colour negatives 15 colour negatives 10 colour negatives 19 colour negatives 20 colour negatives 12 colour negatives Folders 8-10 Roy Brown, 1984 Folders 11-13 Margaret Hollingsworth, 1983-1986 4 Newspaper clippings 5 Aunt Vi, 1970-1975 6 Folders 17-19 Love, typescript book of family poems from Aunt Vi Nadine Asante, 1972-1987, Terrace and Vancouver, British Columbia, and about Nadine Asante, print 29
Box 31 Business and personal correspondence, 30 folders 1965-2001 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Editorial correspondence, re: Centre/Center Contract for Centre/Center with Talon Books, 1991 Talon Books 25 th Anniversary Reader Turnstone Press Spring 2001 catalogue [Flashing Yellow] Illinois Waterway visitor s guide Print research on tides and fish Folders 7-8 Correspondence, brother, 1965-1974 Folder 9 0 1 Family correspondence, 2 colour photographs, 1 colour drawing Print Holograph notes 2 Northward Journal 26, 1982 3 4 5 6 Writing correspondence Print appearances newspaper The Whitehorse Star, June 25, 1937, Vol. V, No. 26 Weekend Magazine, The Vancouver Sun, July 14, 1979 7 Birth Control Handbook, 1970 8 Copy of Margaret Laurence 4 page TLS, August 6, 1973, on writing 9 Long TL by M.B. re: Mexican trip, 1985 30
Folder 20 Personal correspondence, 1970s-1990s Folder 21 George Bowering, ANS, 1991 Folder 22 Dave Carley, [playwright], 1990-1992 Folder 23 Professional correspondence, 1985-1992 Folder 24 Folder 25 Publishing contracts: Penumbra and Blizzard Press Penumbra Press contract Folder 26 Carolyn N. Swayze, literary agent, 1998-1999, and contract Folder 27 Professional correspondence, 1993-1998 Folder 28 Folders 29-30 Box 32 21 folders Word processed notes for Flashing Yellow reading Print ephemera: reviews, readings, promotional Correspondence: Family, 1977-1982 Julie, 1970s-1982 Folders 1-5 Family, 1977-1982 2 black and white photographs Folder 6 Family, 1977-1992 Folder 7 Prize ribbon Folders 8-10 Pat, 1977-1982 Folders 11-14 Mike [sister Michelle], 1971-1982 Folders 15-21 Julie [friend, Whitehorse], 1970s-1982 Box 33 26 folders Photographs, 1964-1977 Rejection and publication correspondence, 1970s-1990 31
New York to California, 1964-1965 2 black and white, 8 colour photographs Folder 2 Southern California, 1966-67 1966-1967, 10 colour photographs Folder 3 Santa Rosa, California, 1968 1 colour, 3 black and white photographs Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Stanley Park, 1970, 1 colour photograph Whitehorse, Yukon, 1973 [trip home to Joliet, Illinois, first since 1969] 3 black and white, 3 colour photographs Whitehorse, move to Galiano Island, summer trip to Joliet, 1976 9 colour photographs Galiano Island trip to Joliet for Dad 1977, 5 colour photographs Folder 8 Vancouver [Christmas in Joliet], 1978 8 colour photographs Folder 9 0 1 2 3 Joliet, Vancouver, Nanaimo, the Kootenays, Scotland, 1979 2 black and white, 20 colour photographs New York apartment and United States travels, 1964-1965 and undated 2 black and white, 7 colour photographs New York and other United States travels 1964-1965 and undated, 5 black and white and 6 colour photographs New York and other United States travels, 1964-1965 and undated, 9 colour and 2 black and white photographs New York and other United States travels, 1964-1965 and undated, 6 colour and 1 black and white photographs 32
4 New York and other United States travels, 1964-1965 and undated, 5 colour and 3 black and white 5 6 7 8 Folders 19-22 Folders 23-25 Undated colour negatives Whitehorse, Yukon, August 1974, 5 colour photographs Victoria, 1975, and Cheryl, 8 th grade, 1977, 5 colour photographs Penumbra Press correspondence, 1980s, re: Suburbs of the Arctic Circle Publishing correspondence (rejections), 1970s-1980s Publishing correspondence (rejections) and some personal correspondence, 1980s Folder 26 Publishing correspondence 1990 Box 34 44 folders Photographs: British Isles, 1975 British Columbia, 1974 Shinny s Girls and other stories Folders 1-4 Trip to British Isles, 1975 43 colour photographs Folder 5 British Columbia, 1974 6 colour photographs Folders 6-12 3 4 5 6 Shinny s Girls and other stories Copy of revised typescript draft Edna s Story copy of typescript Shinny s Girls typescript draft with holograph notes The Tides copy of typescript Saturday Night at the Movies copy of 33
typescript 7 8 9 Folders 20-25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Links typescript draft with holograph revisions Reader s comments on Twenty-four Hours Before the Wedding and The Annex Twenty-four Hours Before the Wedding typescript with some holograph revisions Shinny s Girls typescript, copy and holograph drafts and notes Immediate Family typescript Gayla Stairs copy of typescript with holograph revisions The Star and the Scorpion 2 copies of typescript Nights typescript Bless Me Father typescript Living With Nuclear Weapons copy of typescript Holograph note re: short stories Blank Trade Book Contract from Writer s Union of Canada Shinny s Girls editorial and holograph notes Mary Burns citizenship photographs and instructions, 2 black and white photographs Shinny s Girls holograph note Folder 37 Shinny s Girls print ephemera promotion, tours, readings 34
Folder 38 Shinny s Girls print reviews, publisher s catalogues Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Box 35 22 folders Folder 2 Correspondence re: Shinny s Girls Correspondence re: Mary Burns books Shinny s Girls author book orders Holograph list Print ephemera re: Shinny s Girls and other stories and Centre/Center Talonbooks catalogues, 1992 and spring 1993, including Shinny s Girls and other stories and Centre/Center Personal correspondence, 1966-1996 From Doug Sack Various material Correspondence re: writing The Energy Crisis text and 1 black and white photograph Folders 3-9 Doug Sack correspondence, 1970[?] 1982 0 Nadine Asante correspondence, 1972 1 2 Family correspondence From daughter Liz 3 Julie correspondence, June 15, 1981 4 5 6 Rick correspondence Correspondence, 1 black and white photograph Documents re: identification, divorce, lease and address book 35
7 8 9 Re: Canadian citizenship and United States passport Correspondence with landlord and reference, 1989 Official documents re: M. Burns and Associates Ltd. Folder 20 Correspondence from Dad, 1968 Folder 21 Personal correspondence, 1966-1996 2 black and white photographs of Mary Burns Folder 22 Box 36 18 folders Folder 2 Chuck Biscuits 1 st issue of newspaper cartoon strip (Illinois) by Jerry Burns [brother?] Personal and publishing correspondence, 1960s-2001 Family photographs, 1963- Family photographs, 1963-, 9 black and white and 2 colour photographs Family photographs, 1963-, 4 black and white and 7 colour photographs Folder 3 Personal correspondence, 1965 Folder 4 Personal correspondence re: dentist, 1978 Folder 5 Folder 6 Correspondence re: grant applications, 1970s-1980s Publishing correspondence, 1980s (mostly acceptances) Folder 7 Publishing correspondence, July 13, 1976 first story acceptance- Prism Folder 8 Publishing correspondence, 1977 36
Folder 9 Publishing correspondence, 1980s (mostly acceptances) 0 1 2 Publishing correspondence, 1980s Penumbra Press correspondence, February 17, 1984 with reply Publishing correspondence, 1990s 3 Publishing correspondence, 1999-2001 Folders 14-15 Personal correspondence, 1960s-1970s 6 Personal correspondence, March 26, 1969 and draft letter to Dad 7 Correspondence and print 1 black and white photograph 8 Personal correspondence, 1996-1997 Box 37 18 folders Personal correspondence, 1977-1992 Including Helen, Kyle, Ron, David King and Julie Cruickshank Folders 1-5 Personal correspondence, 1977-1982 Folder 6 Personal correspondence, 1977-1982 [1 from 1991] Folder 7 Folder 8 Personal correspondence, 1977-1982 and Christmas 1978 Personal correspondence, 1977-1982 and Christmas 197[?] Folders 9-11 Personal correspondence, 1977-1982 2 Personal correspondence, 1986-1992 3 Personal correspondence, Friends to 1980 and Helen 4 Personal correspondence, Friends, Kyle 37
1987 5 Personal correspondence, Ron, 1991 6 Folders 17-18 Box 38 11 folders Personal correspondence, David King, 1980s Personal correspondence, Julie Cruickshank, 1982-1990 Personal correspondence Ed Brown Arch Gillespie 1970s miscellaneous Folders 1-7 Ed Brown correspondence, 1973-1976 Folder 8 Archie Gillespie correspondence, 1973 Folder 9 D.N. correspondence, September 27, 1973 0 Roger R. Basham correspondence, 12-11- 73 [first husband] 1 Rod and Lynn Taylor correspondence Financial, Box 39, 1970s-1980s Box 40 1 folder Annie s history [re: custody, etc. of youngest daughter] Holograph notebooks, Boxes 41-43 Box 44 Audio cassette interviews for The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese Print ephemera (including maps, travel information, appearances) Boxes 45-47 38